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US$3,200-4,000
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UNSIGNED, CIRCA 1830
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SWISS. A GOLD AND ENAMEL SCENT BOTTLE-FORM WATCH WITH PINK GOLD AND ENAMEL CLIP
Unsigned, circa 1830
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, plain three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, concealed within the hinged body of an almond-shaped scent bottle, a polychrome enamel painted putti on one side and the other with a painted enamel rose, both on heart-shaped blue guilloché enamel ground, to the black and white champlevé enamel surround and seed pearl-set band, suspended from a lozenge-shaped pink gold, painted enamel and seed pearl bordered clip, the scene depicting a girl standing beside a rose-bush, unsigned
Scent bottle 26 mm. wide; overall length approximately 88 mm.
Unsigned, circa 1830
With hinged gilt brass verge movement, plain three arm balance, pierced and engraved cock, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, concealed within the hinged body of an almond-shaped scent bottle, a polychrome enamel painted putti on one side and the other with a painted enamel rose, both on heart-shaped blue guilloché enamel ground, to the black and white champlevé enamel surround and seed pearl-set band, suspended from a lozenge-shaped pink gold, painted enamel and seed pearl bordered clip, the scene depicting a girl standing beside a rose-bush, unsigned
Scent bottle 26 mm. wide; overall length approximately 88 mm.